Message #40757

[mccoy]

Eric, maybe we can almost skip the sugar chapter because I'm totally convinced that added sugar, corn-syrup, fructose, glucose, is almost toxic.

Especially so for those ones who are pre-diabetic or diabetic, as is a great part of the American population. In that case, added sugar is really toxic.

As to natural sugars, if you are tolerant to them, you can eat fruit and cereals, if not, you'd better moderate a lot of those foods. Fruit juices are not healthy though unless you exercise a lot after drinking them. I used to drink lots and lots of natural juice with no sugars added, but it spikes blood glucose just the same and that's not healthy in the long run.

I'm interested in one section though, the one on sweeteners. Erythritol and Stevia are considered all right, although stevia has too sweet of an aftertaste and I prefer the former.
What's Dr. Hyman's opinion on sweeteners?